Voting Rights

Progressives Push as Historic Voting Rights Battle Begins in the Senate

Democrats may need to eliminate the filibuster to pass voting-rights protections in the face of Republican voter suppression

By: Zoltan Lucas
May 11, 2021

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) with a bipartisan group of senators in December announcing a coronavirus relief bill. (Image: Photo by Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images.)

Uh oh.

Progressives Push as Historic Voting Rights Battle Begins in the Senate

Democrats may need to eliminate the filibuster to pass voting-rights protections in the face of Republican voter suppression